The Pros And Cons Of Broken Marriages

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To marry or not to marry is a dilemma that rattles an individual as ever. How do you marry someone who won't stay? And how do you get rid of someone who won't go? One tentative view is that the worst reconciliation is better than the best divorce. One of the reasons why there are so many broken marriages in modern society is that men have not quickly adapted to the new situation. Men, for instance, often have a tough time adjusting to a woman’s equal or sometimes greater earning power. A man hardly asked for advice on how to combine marriage and a career. So, many of them find it difficult to come out of their old mindsets, their old concepts about manhood and their role in the family. In consequence the working wife often finds life extremely …show more content…

More dads are compromising about the time they spend with their kids even though working dads are divided: 48% say they spend too little time, 48% say they spend just enough -- while 66% working moms say they spend just the right amount of time with their kids, compared to 26% who say too little.
At any rate, the fact of the matter remains that women hope men will change after marriage but they don't and men hope that women won't change but they do. It changes the dynamics and obviously the lifestyle. In US, a study in 2010 finds that there are about a third of marriages where wives are better educated than their husbands and that wives are the primary breadwinner in 22% of couples, what was merely 7% in 1970. Some sociologists are projecting a matriarchy society is very near and the rise of women as ‘richer sex’ will turn men into boys while demoralized single men will take refuge in perpetual adolescence. Study finds that men in their 50s whose wives earn more money are associated to poorer health. It is more so for the men in their 60s where 60% is less likely to be in good health when compared with men earning more than their

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